AU meeting opens with call on African countries to enhance agricultural production

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AU meeting opens with call on African countries to enhance agricultural production

STORY: AU meeting opens with call on African countries to enhance agricultural production DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:07 LOCATION: LUSAKA CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the official opening of the AU meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English): STANLEY KAKUBO, Zambia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 3. various of Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson STORYLINE: The 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) opened in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, Thursday with the host country calling on African countries to enhance agricultural production in order to tackle food insecurity. The meeting, comprising foreign affairs ministers from member states, is being held under the theme "Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent: Accelerating Human Capital, Social and Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms." It runs from July 14 to 16. Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation S

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